"I HAVE NO MONEY"

I was riding to class today in the bushtaxi, already running a half-hour late due to Harry Potter and the excessive heat. We were halfway to Brikama, where the university is, when the driver asked for everyone's money to pay the fare. I started digging around in my bookbag for my wallet and I couldn't find it. I searched everywhere for it and then remembered I had taken it out of my bookbag and put it in my purse to go to the Western Union this morning. Then I started rummaging around for any loose bills or change that I might have stuck in my bookbag when I was too lazy to put them away in my wallet. Nothing. No luck. I called my professor and asked him what to do. I said, "Ok. I'm on the bushtaxi and I can't find my wallet, I left it at home and I have no money. What should I do?" And I had to say this pretty loudly because, on average, bushtaxis are very loud. Of course, the one time I scream "I have no money" in English on a bushtaxi, the driver speaks and understands perfect English. He pulls over and asks me nicely to get out, since I can't pay. By this point in the ride, we're still only halfway into the 45 minute ride to the university. I couldn't really argue with the driver because I absolutely had no way to pay him. So I got out, started walking and called my professor back and said, "Well, they kicked me off the bushtaxi because they heard me say I had no money." Turns out, I was in luck because Professor Nagengast was already on his way to class and could backtrack a little and pick me up. So I arrived to my Drama and Society class about an hour late and the professor asked me to stand up and give a dramatic speech with a point and a benefit to the class. Well...never get on a bushtaxi without some money...